PODXL was detected in 23 types of cancers, and the result that the PODXL expression was significantly much higher than the corresponding normal tissues was found in 9 types of cancers, including the esophagus cancer, glioblastoma multiforme, acute myeloid leukemia, liver hepatocellular carcinoma, ovarian serous cystadenocarcinoma, pancreatic adenocarcinoma, rectum adenocarcinoma, stomach adenocarcinoma, testicular germ cell tumor (Table 4). This evidence concerns the gene PODXL and glioblastoma.